different between insight vs amenity

English

Etymology

From Middle English insight, insiht (“insight, mental vision, intelligence, understanding”), equivalent to in- +? sight. Perhaps continuing Old English insiht (“narrative, argument, account”), from Proto-Germanic *insahtiz (“account, narrative, argument”). Compare West Frisian ynsjoch (“insight”), Dutch inzicht (“insight, awareness, view, opinion”), German Low German Insicht (“insight”), German Einsicht (“insight, knowledge, perception, understanding”), Danish indsigt (“insight”), Swedish insikt (“insight”), Icelandic innsýn (“insight”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n's?t, IPA^(key): /??nsa?t/

Noun

insight (countable and uncountable, plural insights)

1. A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.
2. Power of acute observation and deduction

   Synonyms: penetration, discernment, perception

3. (marketing) Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers
4. Intuitive apprehension of the inner nature of a thing or things; intuition.
5. (artificial intelligence) An extended understanding of a subject resulting from identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario.
6. (psychiatry) An individual's awareness of the nature and severity of one's mental illness.

Related terms

• outsight

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Further reading

• insight in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• insight in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Tignish, histing, shiting, sight in, sithing

English

Alternative forms

• amœnity (archaic)

Etymology

From French aménité, from Latin amoenit?s (“pleasantness, delightfulness”), from amoenus (“pleasant, delightful”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mi?n?ti/, /??m?n?ti/

Noun

amenity (countable and uncountable, plural amenities)

1. Pleasantness.

   We especially enjoyed the amenity of the climate on our last holiday.
2. A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.

   All the little amenities the hotel provided made our stay very enjoyable.
3. Convenience.
4. (cartography) a unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library etc.

   Synonyms: facility, infrastructure

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• any time, anytime